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Buy it... if you are a collector of John Ottman's obscure works and you enjoyed the intimate quirkiness of his Cruel Intentions score. Avoid it... if you prefer Ottman's more meaty compositions for major projects. Filmtracks Editorial Review:
Despite whatever qualms he may have had about producing a score that didn't exactly fit the film, Ottman did succeed in producing a score for Pumpkin that is slightly disturbed in its use of bass that is not completely in tune with its fleeting thematic meanderings. A melancholy accent is provided by a lyrical solo voice theme that highlights "Outcasts" and "Carolyn's Poem," which Ottman correctly states to be among the strongest cues of the score. Also of interest is the more in-your-face sorority theme of a neo-classical nature that opens and closes the score, an effort by Ottman to throw the snobby stereotype of that crowd into the listener's face. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Pumpkin is Ottman's continued ability to produce a full-sounding score --a score with both personality and a larger ambience-- without a large group of performers. While Ottman may have chosen to avoid the sound of an underscore in the film, there are softer sequences that play without much notice for portions of the Pumpkin score. The daydreamy cues for the Carolyn character, as well as the sorority theme, offer ten minutes of superb Ottman creativity at work. Other cues are a tad sharp around the edges --an intended effect-- and disturb the listening experience with the appropriate amount of apprehension necessary for the film. The use of the piano, solo voice, and synthesized choral sounds (among other percussive needs provided by the synths) are all well integrated; the rhythm in the "Destiny" cue, along with the dynamic string performances, begin to mirror Cruel Intentions considerably, but with an equally strong result. The album is another offering of Ottman's work by the Citadel label, and is generally good, with the exception of some distortion to be heard in the voluminous "To Class" cue. Overall, Pumpkin is an interesting, though not uniquely outstanding work for Ottman, and the audience for the score will likely be restrained to the collectors of his works. ***
*contains "Sisters of Alpha Omega Pi" written by Robert Hackl, Ken Stange, and Adam Larson Broder
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